sponsa

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of spōnsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.sa/, [ˈs̠põːs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspon.sa/, [ˈspɔnsä]

Noun

spōnsa f (genitive spōnsae); first declension

1. bride
2. fiancée (betrothed woman)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	spōnsa	spōnsae
Genitive	spōnsae	spōnsārum
Dative	spōnsae	spōnsīs
Accusative	spōnsam	spōnsās
Ablative	spōnsā	spōnsīs
Vocative	spōnsa	spōnsae

Related terms

• spondeō
• spōnsālia
• spōnsiō

• spōnsor
• spōnsum
• spōnsus

Descendants

• Asturian: esposa
• Catalan: esposa
• English: spouse
• French: épouse
• Galician: esposa
• Italian: sposa
• Occitan: esposa

• Old French: espose
• Portuguese: esposa
• Romansch: spusa
• Sardinian: isposa
• Sicilian: spusa
• Spanish: esposa

References

• “sponsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sponsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sponsa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sponsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sponsa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sponsa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Alternative forms

• sponset

Verb

sponsa

1. inflection of sponse:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle